Here's a little reminder of what my partner Sarah at Pookledo sent me to work with:
Sarah's soup has arrived!
I absolutely fell in LOVE with the colour combination she sent me. Normally, I work with brights and cool colours in the bright spectrum, but the soft turquoise and soft pink that Sarah sent worked amazingly well with my *cough extensive cough* stash. I started pulling...and pulling...and pulling...
The first idea that came to me as I was dozing off one night was this....a collage necklace, not symmetrical, and including some of my beaded beads for a little piece of "me".
Julie Powell definitely inspired my thinking there...in this piece, I used one of the turquoise focals, and several of the rose quartz beads.
Here's my Julie-and-Sarah-inspired collage necklace:
I also created my first-ever hand-hammered clasp for this necklace:
Once that was off the design board, I decided it really needed a bracelet to go with, as I hadn't used the beautiful clasp Sarah sent me...it seemed a shame to waste it at the back of someone's neck, y'know?
So this evolved...using the other turquoise focal, the turquoise beads, more of the rose quartz, and of course the beautiful clasp.
And then, you know, I still had a bit of time (BEFORE the date changed), and I wanted to use some more of those sweet pink quartz roundelles, and the other cute little owl focal:
The chain is handmade chainmaille, with insertions of the quartz, and the lariat can also be worn as a triple-wrap bracelet.
AND, I couldn't forget these, so I went very simple with a pair of earrings:
The chain supporting these little swingers is also handmade chainmaille.
Sarah, thank you! I hope you had as much fun with your soup! I managed to use almost everything Sarah sent me~AND a few pieces I had been sent in prior soups as well.
Please visit the rest of the participants in Bead Soup as well! It's such fun to make the rounds....you can find their links HERE at Lori's blog
I will apologize in advance, as I am working a 4-day stretch starting Friday May 9th right through Monday May 12th (doesn't it just figure!), so my visiting will be delayed by a few days.
